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Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales
2024 || Hardcover || Catherine Cawthorne || Bloomsbury UK
Join the Big Bad Wolf as he debunks your favourite fairy tales with SCIENCE! Written by the hilarious Catherine Cawthorne and illustrated by award-winning Sara Ogilvie.
Did a princess really feel a tiny pea through a mountain of mattresses? And could a pumpkin actually turn into a carriage to carry Cinderella to the ball? Of course not! It's all a load of fairytale NONSENSE! Or is it . . . ? The Big Bad Wolf is on a mission to find the truth behind these tales, and clear his name in the process.
Combining STEM topics with classic stories children know and love, this hilarious non-fiction picture book is perfect for inquisitive children always asking big questio...
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The Librarianist (Heruitgave)
2024 || Paperback || Patrick deWitt || Bloomsbury UK
**AN INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER**
**Selected as a Washington Post Book of the Summer**
'I absolutely adored it' NINA STIBBE
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him - until a chance encounter changed everything
Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon. One morning on his daily walk he encounters a confused elderl...
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Not for the Faint of Heart
2024 || Paperback || Lex Croucher || Bloomsbury UK
'You aren't merry,' said Clem to her captor. 'And you aren't all men. So there's been some marketing confusion somewhere along the line.'
When Mariel finds out that her band of Merry Men have kidnapped the wrong person, she's a whole new level of miffed. They were supposed to be bringing back the regional healer, Old Rosie, who, rumour has it, has been aiding the Sheriff of Nottingham. They were not supposed to kidnap her assistant, Clem - a chatty, freckled, curly-haired whirlwind of a teena...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2024 || Hardcover || J.K. Rowling || Bloomsbury UK
An extraordinary creative achievement by two extraordinary talents, Jim Kay's inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling's classic series has captured a devoted following worldwide. This stunning new fully illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire brings more breathtaking scenes and unforgettable characters to life - including Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum. With paint, pencil and pixels, Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with...
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The Girl and the Mermaid
2024 || Hardcover || Hollie Hughes || Bloomsbury UK
Alina and her granny live in a lighthouse by the sea: a home filled with the warmth of Granny's magical stories.
But Alina is worried. Granny's memories and stories are starting to fade away, and she doesn't know how to bring them back. Then one day, she meets a mermaid on the rocks near the lighthouse - and she's swept into a magical deep-sea adventure that will change everything.
An instant classic from the bestselling creators of The Girl and the Dinosaur.
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House of Flame and Shadow
2024 || Paperback || Sarah J. Maas || Bloomsbury UK
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally ti...
Let Us Descend (Heruitgave)
2024 || Paperback || Jesmyn Ward || Bloomsbury UK
'Gripping, mythic, bone-pulverising ... A spectacular achievement'
ANTHONY DOERR
'Jesmyn Ward is one of the greatest writers of all time. And Let Us Descend, once again, proves it'
JACQUELINE WOODSON
'Transcendent ... The best book I've read in years'
LOUISE KENNEDY
'Stunning ... Will grip you from the first word to the last'
NATHAN HARRIS
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The first weapon I ever held was my mother's hand.
On a slave plantation in the Carolinas, Annis has survived in the light of he...
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A Book of Days (Heruitgave)
2024 || Paperback || Patti Smith || Bloomsbury UK
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram
In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message "Hello Everybody!" Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone includi...
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki
further conversations with my psychiatrist
2024 || Hardcover || Baek Sehee || Bloomsbury UK
The sequel to the Sunday Times-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize-shortlisted Anton Hur
When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reach so many people, especially young people, with her reflections. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki became a runaway bestseller in South Korea, Indonesia, and the U.S., and reached a community of reader...
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House of Flame and Shadow
2024 || Hardcover || Sarah J. Maas || Bloomsbury UK
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.
Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally ti...